Dr. Overy's KBase: Resources for Teaching and Learning - Glossary

• Measurement Error
  The difference between a measured value and the true value.
• Microbes
  A microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation
• Matt
  dull : without a shine
• MRSA
  A  type of bacteria that's resistant to a number of widely used antibiotics
• Microorganism
  An organism that can be seen only with the aid of a microscope and that typically consists of only a single cell.
• Motor Neurone
  A nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland
• Moment of a Force
  The moment of a force about a point is the product of the force with the perpendicular distance of the force from that point.